Undergraduate Experiential Learning

By engaging with diverse communities, college students have unique opportunities to learn about the complexity of social structures and conflicts, and build skills to contribute to collaborative responses.

Information about Internships and Experiences 

The Experiential Learning Centers provide several opportunities for community-based engagement in conflict transformation during the academic year and over the summer, both individually and in cohorts. Students who engage across our experiential programs convene together before, during, and after their programs to build understanding of conflict transformation, build CT skills, and reflect on their learning and next steps.

The Center for Community Engagement 

The CCE shares CT program details on their website. Below are a summary of programs:

• Cross Cultural Community Engagement Grants
• History in Translation
• Middlebury Alternative Break Programs
• Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster
• Projects for Peace (inter-institutional headquarters)
• Service Translation

The Center for Careers and Internships 

The CCI offers several internships, career treks, and programs during the school year:

• Internships: Funding for winter and summer internships, individually and in cohorts.
• CT-themed Career Treks help students explore CT career pathways through site visits, alumni connections, and job shadowing (hosted over breaks).

The Innovation Hub 

The Innovation Hub also supports a summer CT program: 

• Middlebury Social Impact Corps is a partnership-based program that connects students to social change through unique experiential learning opportunities. A select cohort of Middlebury College (Interns) and MIIS graduate students (Scholars) are matched with a community partner focused on impact within a local/regional context (spring applications).